Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 13:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 90 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 380 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 52.1 33% 43.6 fps	MRender 53 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 36.4 36% 45.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 95 93 85 25 32 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 440 Write 373 Mixed 304 SusWrite 104 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 16.3 65% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 69.1 DQ Mixed 40.6 43% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 56%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 896GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 104 104 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 82.5 Write 74 Mixed 43 SusWrite 103 55% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16